The core functions of public health include assessment, policy, and surveillance. Guidelines for assessing members of vulnerable population groups start with "setting the stage.". This in-cludes which of the following? Select all that apply
1. Creating a comfortable, nonthreatening environment
2. Providing culturally and linguistically competent assessment
3. Collaborating with others as appropriate
4. Providing financial and legal advice
1, 2, 3
A nurse should not provide financial or legal advice; therefore No. 4 is incorrect. The others are correct.
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A) Telling him to read stories to the child about famous athletes B) Suggesting he take the child to watch him play softball C) Urging him to sign the child up for little league football D) Proposing wrestling with the child and letting him win
A nurse is working with a client on ways to help the client adapt drug administration in the home. Which of the following would be appropriate? Select all that apply
A) Preparing a daily calendar B) Preparing a pill box C) Providing written instructions D) Placing all medication in one bottle E) Developing a clear, easy-to-read dosing schedule
A mother asks why the whole family needs to meet with the therapist since it is her teen-age stepdaughter who has the substance abuse problem. The nurse replies with the knowledge that:
1. Mothers usually cause the problems in their children 2. The family will probably use behavior modification with the teen 3. The parents are responsible for changing the teen's behavior 4. Sometimes the "identified client" is acting out family dynamics
A major clinical manifestation of rheumatic fever is:
a. Polyarthritis. b. Osler's nodes. c. Janeway spots. d. Splinter hemorrhages of distal third of nails.